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News Release: Samuel Proctor Oral History Program
January 25, 2009

“UF in the Mississippi Delta: Student Reflections on Recording the Civil Rights Movement”

WEDNESDAY, February 17, 6 to 8 p.m.

LOCATION: Civic Media Center, 433 South Main Street, Gainesville, Florida

Co-sponsors and volunteers needed for this event. Please help us spread the word.

UF in the Mississippi Delta: Student Reflections on Recording the Civil Rights Movement will take place on Wednesday, February 17 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Civic Media Center. Sponsored by the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program and the Civic Media Center. The program will feature a lively multi-media presentation by UF students who have traveled to the Mississippi Delta the past two summers to interview pioneers of the Civil Rights Movement. This program will bring the remarkable visual, musical, and political culture of the Delta to Florida.

The program will also discuss the Oral History Program’s new African American History in Alachua Research project. Find out how to get involved!

Moderated by Dr. Paul Ortiz, director of the Oral History Program.

This event is co-sponsored by the Civic Media Center, and the UF Oral History Club. For more information, please call the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at 352-392-7168 or email portiz@ufl.edu

Hear History Come Alive!

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)

With the upcoming release of Google Voice for everyone, extending from current Grandcentral users to include new users, transcribing audio could soon become a lot less difficult. In light of the potential for increased ease, people may soon be even more interested in conducting  oral histories. For those looking for information on how to conduct oral histories, Mark Greenberg at the University of South Florida has developed a number of great resources that are all conveniently organized together and printable from here.